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VOL. 53 NO. 12 • ~$q If 2 3 . BI<* TIMBER, SWEET GRASS COUNTY, MONTANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7,1943
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78TH CONGRESS WILL DEVOTE TIME
TO PROBLEM OF WINNING VICTORY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—The severity-eighth congress—dubbed the
"victory congrees" from the rostrum o( the house—met Wednesday
in a mood for solemn united action
to win the war and for sharp insistence upon writing its own laws
on domestic issues, regardless of
the Wfclte House.
These two determinations dominated a brief preliminary session of
speech-making and of organization
for the tragically vital period
which lies ahead. They were expressed by Republican spokesmen,
conscious of their great reinforced
strenght. And they came from the
Democratic side of the political
barrier as well.
Last fall's election, with its wide
Republican gains, was reflected at
the outset in the closest vote for
party control of the house in the
last decade. The Democrats won.
By 217 to 206 they reelected Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Immediately, the tension of the
situation was broken. Republicans
and Democrats alike jumped to
their feet in a stormy and prolonged ovation. And when Representative Martin of Massachusetts, the
defeated Republican nominee for
speaker, said it was particularly
The house, with the Republican
side of the aisle well filled after
years of big Democratic majorities,
looked strange.
Rayburn was nominated by Representative Sheppard, Demcrat,
California, and Martin by Representative Woodruff, Rpiublican
Michinjran. The roll-call vote followed immediately. It was close all
the way.
Trimble announced the result
and Martin, one of a commitee
which escored Rayburn down the
center aisle, presented him to the
house, in a brief address.
"The seventy-seventh congress
was known as the war congress,"
Martin said. "This is going to be
known as the victory congress.
"This congress is going to see
this war to decisive and early end."
tin continud:
That, he added, was the "aim of
every one," -and impressively, Mar-
"The leaders of the opposition
pledge their effort to that end."
TOUHY GANG SENT BACK
TO FINISH TERMS
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.—Roger (The
Terrible) Touhy and two of his
appropriate "that this"honor" should \ "^^"^"J^&an 2ldays in solitary
go to Rayburn on his sixty-first
birhday, the pandemonium was renewed.
Someone among the Republicans
started chanting "Happy birthday
to you.". It was quickly picked up
by others and in a moment, the
whole house was singing, while
Rayburn stood on the dais, smiling,
but nearly overcome with embar-
rasment and emotion.
This was in vivid contrast with a
later development. Rayburn. accepted the speakership, referred to
President Roosevelt as the greatest
"war loader" that could have been
found for the present emergency.
The Democrats shouted and hand-
clapped their noisy aoproval. The
big Republican membership sat.
stony silent, and bored.
The Senate, always the more sedate of the two bodies, meanwhile
solemnly went through its historic
ritual of organization.
All in all. it was an unusual convening of congress. , If there was
less ceremonious formality than in
past years, there also was less
play, frock coats, usually the rule
were not to be seen. There were
the usual amiable and boisterous
greeting between members. But
over all there was an atmosphere
which bespoke a grim recognition
of the times.
MRS. LOWRY GIVES VITAlT"
STATISTICS REPORT
Mrs. Addie Lowry, registrar of
vital statistics for Sweet Grass
countv. gives us the following interesting figures and sidelights on
the records which passed through
her office during the year 1942:
Sixty-four births were recorded,
and 107 delayed certificates were
issued. There were 45 deaths.
Seven of the latter were accidental
—3 burned, 1 drowned. 1 committed suicide, and 2 died in an automobile accident.
Of the 45 deaths, two bodies were
sent to * Livingston for burial, one
to Bo?eman and one to Iowa.
Twelve bodies were shipped into
Big Timber and four to Reed Point
for burial, some of them nonresidents, others residents who died in
outside hospitals.
Heart trouble takes first place
as cause of death, followed closely
by cancer.
confinement at Stateville prison
Friday after their 11 weeks of stolen freedom.
Touhy, Edward Darlak and William Stewart were returned Thursday night to the Drison from which
they escaped with four others on
October 9. Warden Joseph E. Ra-
gcn said they were placed in solitary confinement immediately and
would remain there for 21 days.
The federal bureau of investigation, whose agents rounded up the
gang in two sDectacular raids last
Tuesday, still held Basil (The Owl)
Banghart. pending a decision on his
final custody. Matthew Nelson
awaits transfer from the Ramsey
county iail at St. Paul, Minn., to
Stateville while the remaining two
members of the gang, James O'Connor and St. Clair Mclnerney.
were killed during the F. B. I. raids.
CONGRESS MAYBE WILL
WRITE ITS TAX TICKET
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1. — Congress may be called upon to write
its own tax ticket under a broad
request from President Roosevelt
for about $90,000,000,000 to finance
the war this year;'
The view that congress ought to
be permitted, without undue prodding from the treasury or other executive agencies, to make its own
decisions on new taxes was reported
Friday to have been taken by James
F. Byrnes, the economic stabilization director who has urged adoption of fiscal policies that will lessen the threat of inflation.
Byrnes' reputed attitude coincides with what was regarded in
some ouarters as the beginning of
a new* trend in relations between
the chief executive and congress,
marked by the president's statement this week that the legislators
would have to decide where to
make economies in the forthcoming budget.
Some legislators estimated this
budget total at around $91,000,000.-
000.
A WORD OF WARNING
Postmaster Chas. C. Nicholson asks The Pioneer to inform
patrons of the local office that it will be necessary to lock the
lobby doors at 6 p. m. if depredations of children after that
hour continue. Recently there has been much trouble as the
result of young people of both sexes loitering in the lobby in
the evenings. Boxes have been opened and mail scattered on
the floors, both inside and outside the partition. Box combinations have been Jammed, also.
This is not the work of mere children, but of those old
enough to know better; to have some sense of pride in their
civic institutions, and to feel some responsibility for the good
name of their town and its citizens. The lobby is left open as
an accommodation to boxholders, rural patrons particularly
appreciating the privilege of being able to get their mail if
they come to town after $ o'clock.
Don't expect the night watchman to confine his attentions
to this one spot.—he has the entire town to patrol. Let's do
something about it ourselves.
The post office deparment has advised Mr. Nicholson to
settle the matter speedily and for all time by locking the door.
Do we want that?
Reveal Japanese Plotted to Ensnare
President Roosevelt at Pearl Harbor
STATE WELLS PRODUCING
QUANTITIES OF OIL
GREAT FALLS, Jan. 1.—The
Montana oil conservation board
Friday reported state wells produced 666.963 barrels of crude oil
during November.
Largest production, totaling 458.-
057 barrels, came from the Cut
Bank field.
State refineries processed 494,914
barrels of crude from Montana
wells during the month, and storage in Montana at the end of November totaled 609,761 barrels.
Crude oil imported from Wyoming during the month amounted to
354,8711 barrels. Shioments out of
the state totaled 242,728 barrels, of
which 133,866 barrels went to Canada.
HEROIC ENGINEER SAVES
LIVES OF THREE MEN
NEW. PHILADELPHIA. OHIO,
Jan. 2.—Three trainmen owed their
lives Saturady to a herioc 60-year-
old engineer who pushed them
from trie cab of his locomotive a
few seconds before he died in a
head-on crash with a double header freight.
The engineer, A. L. Snvder of
Canton, Ohio, was one of three
killed as two Pennsylvania freight
trains, routed over Wheeling and
Lake Erie tracks because of high
water, crashed in a deep cut before
dawn Friday.
William Keith of Navarre. Ohio,
engineer for the W. & L. E., who
was acting as pilot for Snyder's
train.' and who was one of those
saved, declared:
"Sny<ier had time to leap to
safety," had he not bothered with
us. He undoubtedly saved our lives,
and gave up his own to do it." •
All three men hurled from the
cab suffered injuries.
Thomas E. Dewey Takes Chair As
New^York's Baby Executive Officer
ALBANY, N. Y.. Jan. 1—Thomas
E. Dewey, inaugurated Friday as
the first Republican governor of
New York in 20 years, dedicated
the state to an all-out war program and to the "cardinal objective" of providing peacetime employment to the returning armed
forces.
Dew^y, at 40, one of the youngest
governors in the nation, declared
in his inaugural address that the
postwar period will find the federal
government being "called upon to
abandon its sweeping wartime controls oyer the freedom of the individual."
"We seek security from the economic hasards of large-scale industrialisation," he said. "But we
cannot rely solely upon government
for that security. For free government can never be stronger than
the sum total of the individuals
who are the ultimate masters.
"Only in a society which gives
scope and opportunity to individual
intiative can we expect to continue
the economic progress that thas
made our country unique. Only in
initiative can we expect to continue
freedom can we preserve our other
freedoms."
Dewey pledged "unswerving loyalty of our commander in chief,
the president of the United States,"
and asserted that New York, with
its 13,500,000 people, would "play a
vital role" in bringing about victory.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. — How
close Pearl Harbor came o being
a much greater national humiliation than it actually was in disclosed in he White Book issued by
Secretary of State Hull over the
weekend to prmote "a clearer un-
issues by Americans,
derstanding" of war problems and
The final and most dramatic par-
tion of the book reveals hat the
Japanese not onl planned months
in advance for "a surprise mass
attack at Pearl HarbT" but djid
their diplomatic utmost to maneuver Japanese-American peace dis-
cuss'ihs in such a way that President Rosevelt would be in the
hands of the Japanese navy when
its torpedo planes stabbed at the
heart of the American seapower in
the Pacific.
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew informed the state department an
Jan. 27.. 1941, of reports that Japan
planned the surpriseo attack in
case of " trouble" with the United
States.
Apparently the Japanaese gover-
ernment did not know the American ambassador had got wind of
its design, for a few months later
it began urging on the state department a plan to bring Presi-
*°nt Roosevo't and Premier Prince
Konoye together aboard a Japanese warship in the acific for a
"frank exchange of view "
LIQUOR BUSINESS TURNS
IN LARGE PROFITS
HELENA, Dec. 31—The Montana
liquor control board realized a net
profit from all sources of $3,154,-
453.19 during the first 11 months
of 1942. according to a statement
issued Thursday by Fred J. Ward,
chairman.
The figure represented an increase of $522,275 over 1941.
Total sales of hard liquor and
wines for the period amounted to
$7,272,068.93 from which the board
derived a gross profit of $2,212,9^.
Sales of hard liquor last year totaled $5,720,847.97 and the gross
profit was $1,806,736.72.
Revenue from liquor licenses issued during the period amounted
to $324,900. and sales permits
brought in $25,455.25. Beer license
fees and beer taxes produced revenue amounting to $488,035.38. including a $5,392.05 surplus from
1941.
Ward said that the figures conflicted sharply with a recent statement by the Montana Taxpayers
association that "lowered liquored
oroflts. due to higher federal taxes
and diminishing stocks." would be
a contributing factor in decreased
«tat*> income during the next bi-
ennium. . „
EmDhasizlng the claim of liquor
board' members that there is no
need to fear immediate liquor rationing in Montana, the board
statement showed a total inventory in both stores and warehouse
of $777,073.64 as of November 30.
The inventory on the same date
last year was $987,896.66.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES
FEED WIDE WORLD
HELENA, Dec. 31.—Montana and
other Rocky mountain states provided much foodstuft* for lend-
lease, the armed forces and other
war needs during 1942. State Supervisor William A. Allan of the
agricultural marketing administration reported Thursday.
• He listed these AMA purchases
in Montana between March 15 and
November 23: Fresh apples 76,181
bushles; dry be<ans 8,212.600
Dounds: eggs 1.424 cases; evaporated milk 140.000 cases; American
cheese 1.000.500 pounds; oate; L-
360.000 pounds; dried peas, 1.080,000
pounds .
LABOR HEADS URGE
INCREASED PRODUCTION
WASHINGTON. Jan. l.-^resl-
dents William Green and Phillip
Murray of the American Federation
of La£or and Congress of Industrial
Organizations, Friday called upon
workers to increase production by
all-out efforts in 1943 as their contribution in achieving a speedy victory. *i.«
In New Year's day messages, the
two labor chieftains pledged the
complete support of their organizations" to the war effort, and declared that nothing must interfere
with the United States aim—winning the war.
BERLIN ADMITS SOVIET
TROOPS SUPERIOR
BERN SWITZERLAND, Jan. 4.—
The Berlin Lokalanzeiger said
Monday that Soviet troops are su-
~"vinr in the air as well as in men
and tanks. „ ,.
It was the first time any ~"lm
statement ever referred to aviation
superiority by the enemy.
Berlin newspapers generally said
the situation in Russia was serious,
but adhered to the official line
that it was not critical. £>
SUPREME COURT REVERSES
PENDERGAST DECISION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.— The supreme court reversed Monday the
conviction of Thomas J. Pender-
gast, former democratic political
boss at Kansas City, Mo., and two
others on a charge of criminal contempt of court in connection with
Missouri's' $10,000,000 insurance
settlement.
Justice Douglas delivered the 6-
to-1 opinion, which also applied to
Robert Emmet O'Malley, former
Missouri" superintendent of insurance, and A. L. McCormack, St.
Louis insurance agent.
They were accused of "fraudulently foisting upon" a three-judge
federal court at Kansas City "a corrupt settlement of insurance rate
litigation, procured through bribery of the Missouri superintendent
of insurance."
Validity of the conviction was
challenged on the ground that the
alleged activities did not take place
"in the presence of the court or so
near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." This was
necessary, it was contended, before
the judge could punish summarily
for contempt.
The reversal of the contempt
conviction by the supreme court
cleared the slate for Pendregast
and O'Malley after a chain of prosecution began by the federal government with the indictment of
the two men on April 7, 1939, for
income tax evasion.
Both pleaded guilty to that
charge and served prison sentences.
OHIO RIVER FLOODS
THRE STATE AREA
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Jan. 4.—
The Ohio river crept to a flood
crest i_ust shy of 61 feet in the
Ohio-lhdiana-Kentucky area Monday while war-busy communities
upstream strove for a quick return
to normalcy.
The weather bureau estimated
the river would begin its recession
from 60.8 feet here by morning and
by Thursday should be below the
52-foot flood stage.
The river was falling all the way
from its Pennsylvania headwaters
to below Portsmouth, Ohio, and
was rising slowly from below Cincinnati to dam 39 at Carrollton,
Ky., 55miles southeast.
WYOMING LIVESTOCK
FEED IS SHORT
AFTON, WYO., Jan 1.—Lincoln
County Agent Francis Winters
thinks the livestock feed situation
in Star valley, Wyoming's leading
dairy-farming region, may become
a serious problem before spring.
He said it has been necessary to
feed all stock, and that no hay has
been available for winter purchase.
To meet the situation, Winters said
six carloads of commodity credit
wheat have been ordered and will
be ground and mixed with barley
or other grains to supply feed for
hogs and some dairy cows.
BIG CROWD WITNESSES
ROSE BOWL GAME
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—The biggest crowd drove the most automobiles in Rose Bowl history to'see
the Georgia-UCLA game—despite
gasoline and tire rationing.
Paid attendance was 93,147, compared with the previous high of
91300 for the Nebraska-Stanford
game two years ago. And Bill Ack-
arman, UCLA .graduate manager,
estimated 10,000 persons were turned away.- r.
LEGISLATURE BEGINS 28TH SESSION
MONDAY; O'CONNOR MADE SPEAKER
HELENA, Jan. 3. —Republican
members of the 1943 session of the
Montana legislature, which opens
Monday, nominated Senator W. E.
Keeley of Powell county Sunday
night for president pro tern of the
senate, and Representative George
W. O'Connor, Carbon county Republican, for speaker of the house.
The nominations were tantamount to election, since the G. O.
P., for the first time in two decades.
holds .working majorities in both
branches.
O'Connor, 32-yearl-old Fromberg
rancher and merchant, and a veteran of four legislative term, won
the republican designation for
speaker" over Representative R. C.
Dillavou, republican, Yellowstone,
and Representative Fred H. Pad-
budy. republican, Lewis and Clark.
O'Connor, reputedly the outstanding authority on parliamentary law in the house, received 35
votes to 12 for Dillavou and 4 for
Padbury.
Representative Neil C. Parker, re-
TOM~CONNALLY OPPOSED
TO INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.—Chairman Tom Connally. Democrat,
Texas, of the senate foreign relations committee, will oppose any
special congressional investigation
of lend-lease operations, but believes they should be subjected to
careful scrutiny when renewal of
lend-lease authority is sought.
The lend-lease act, which was
passed in the spring- of 1941 after
bitter congressional debate, expires
on June 30. 1943. although contract
commitments already entered into
may be carried out until June 30,
1946, even if the act is not renewed-
' Senator Hugh A Butler, republican, Nebraska, with the backing
of Senators Burton K. Wheeler,
democrat, Montana, and Robert A.
Taft, republican,- Ohio, is planning to introduce-,* resolution calling for a special congressional in
auiry uito lend-lease activities on
the grounds that funds are being-
spent for purposes not intimately
connected with winning the war.
FARM MORTGAGES DRAW
SMALL INTEREST RATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—The average interest rate of first mortgages on owner-occupied one-family nonfarm properties in Wyoming
was 1.86 per cent in 1940. according
to an analysis issued by the bureau
of census.
Of the 20,819 reporting owner-
occupied nonfarm dwelling units,
8,306. or 39.9 per cent, were mortgaged.
A total mortgage indebtedness of
$11,867,300 was re'portd on the first
and junior mortgages on one-family nonfarm properties. The average
indebtedness per property was
$1,732. A debt of less than $1,000
was reported for 34.8 percent of
the properties, while onrjp8.9 per
cent reported an indebtedness of
$4,000 or more.
MOTORISTS WARNED TO
DISPLAY LICENSE TABS
BUTTE. Jan. 1.—Captain Hugh
Potter of the Montana highway patrol has warned motorists that the
new 1943 "strip license" tabs must
be securely fastened to 1942 plates
which are to be left on autns.
Potter said the tabs n.'j.st be
welded, bolted or riveted to the
larger plates, and not fastened
temporarily.
The assistant patrol supervisor
also reoorted the patrol would begin immediately to arrest drivers
whose cars carry but one license
Dlate. Lost plates, he said, must be
replaced.
publican, Flathead, was nominated
for speaker pro em by the republicans, and Representative Dillavou
chosen for majority floor leader.
Both Dillavou and Parker have
served in several sssions.
Lewis R. Knox of Helena was the
of the house, with J. L. Murphy
republican choice for chief clerk
of Missoula designated first assistant clerk. E. J. Mo of Helena was
selected the party's nominee for
sergeant at arms, and E. N. Joffray
of Jefferson county—a Democrat—
desgnated as Mo's assistant, Joffray
was sergeant at arms in the 1941
sessin. Percy Abbey of Great Falls
was the republican selection as bill
clerk.
Democratic members of the
house nominated James N. Dougherty, Powell, for speaker. The democrats, in the minority this session,
nominated Carl Lehrkind, Jr.. Gallatin county, for speaker pro tern
Paul Cannon of Silver Bow county was named minority floor leader
in what reportd as closely-contested balloting.
E. N. Joffray df Jefferson county
who was the house's sergeant at
arms during the session two years
ago, when the democrats hed the
house majority, was nominated
again for the post.
The Rev. C. E. Smith, Missoula,
was nominated for chaplain.
Mrs. Margaret Peterson, representative from Missoula and cau-
ocrats decided to caucus from time
cus secretary, said the house dem-
to time during the session "in the
interest s of party harmon and ef-
ficincy."
With the republicans holding a
majority of 16 votes in the senate
Keelev's return to the post was considered virtually assured when the
formal voting takes place Monday
after the 1943 assembly convenes.
The senate democratic caucus resulted in the selection of Senator
Leonard Plank of Liberty county as
the party candidate for the senate
presidency. He was chosen unanimously for minority floor leader, a
posiion he held in the 1941 session.
The democrats made no nominations for the committee on committees or that on employment,
leaving the selection open to the
majoritv party.
Senator George R. CooDer of Mi-
eral county, who would have been
dean of he senate hade he not been
absent four years, presided over the
republican caucus, nominated by
Senator Camobell, to whom the
position would normally fall.
Snator Thomas E. Gilbrt of
Bavrhead was secretary of the republican caucus and Senator H. H.
Haight of Fergus secretary of the
democratic meeting.
TOOMEY NAMED TO
SUCCEED MORRISON
HELENA. Dec. 31—E. G. Toomey.
Helena attorney, Thursday was
named state senator from Lewis
and Clark couny to succedd Lieutenant* R. E. (Red) Morrislon. who
was killed in airplane crash In Florida the day before Christmas.
The • appointment was made by
the board of county commissioners.
County commissioners said they
selected Toomev in respect to Morrison's wishes. They said Morrison,
in a letter written before his death.
recommended that Toomey be
named acting senator.
At the time Morrison wrote the
letter the army had announced
that state legislators serving in the
army would not be granted furloughs'for the legislative sessions.
Toomey, a Republican, served in
the state house of representatives
during three sessions— the twenty-
fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-
seventh. He was a candidate for
congress in the primary election
last summer.
War Department Buys Hotels-Schools
For Office Buildings and Hospitals
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.—The war
department has purchased six hotels, a school and a private hospital
for use as permanent military hospitals, it was officially disclosed
Monday night, and has leased six
other hotels, two schools and three
private hospitals as temporary hospitals.
It has condemnation proceedings
pending for the purchase of two
other hotels for permanent hospitals. It has purchased two more
hotels and two schools for other
purposes. And it has leased 475
hotels in all for various temporary
uses.
Trie scope of the department's
operations in this field was outlined in a recent report by Undersec-
tary Robert P. Patterson to Senator
Byrd. democrat, Virginia, which
the senator made public in connection with his protest at the army's
puurchase of the 3,300-room Stevens hotel in Chicago, largest in the
country, for $5,500,000.
Patterson contended it was
cheaper to purchase the hotel than
to rent it when various factors
were considered, but Byrd disputed
this and further declared government ownership was undesirable.
The Stevens and the 47-room
Shark River hotel at Neptune N.
J.; costing $30,510, were purchased
for troop housing.
The hotels purchased for conversion to permanent hospitals for
possible transfer later to the veterans' administration, with the purchase Drices, were:
The 'Greenbrier. White Sulphur
Springs. W. Va.. $3,300,000: Miami
Biltmore, Coral Gables, Fla., $895,-
000; Nautilus, Miami Beach, Fla..
$600,000: Don-ce-Sar, St. Petersburg. Fla., $440,000: El Mirador.
Pa'lm Springs, Cal., $425,000, and
Eastman, Hot Springs, Ark., $510,-
000.
The two hotels figuring in con-
! demnat.ion* proceedings for the
Isame use w'ere listed by Patterson
las the 600-room "Chicago Beach
! hotel. Illinois." appraised at $900.-
000, and the Forest Hills. Augusta.
Ga„ appraised at $400,000.
The 525-room Battle Creek sanatorium. Battle Creek,-Mich., purchased for $2,250,000 and the 500.-
room National Park seminary ac
Forest Glen, Md., also to be a permanent hospital, was acquired for
$855,000.
Other schools bought outright
were the Arlington Hall college. Arlington. Va., at $650,000 for use in
connection with the department
headquarters at Washington, and
Harrisburg academy. Harrisburg.
Pa., at $300,000 for an air force
training school.

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VOL. 53 NO. 12 • ~$q If 2 3 . BI income during the next bi-
ennium. . „
EmDhasizlng the claim of liquor
board' members that there is no
need to fear immediate liquor rationing in Montana, the board
statement showed a total inventory in both stores and warehouse
of $777,073.64 as of November 30.
The inventory on the same date
last year was $987,896.66.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES
FEED WIDE WORLD
HELENA, Dec. 31.—Montana and
other Rocky mountain states provided much foodstuft* for lend-
lease, the armed forces and other
war needs during 1942. State Supervisor William A. Allan of the
agricultural marketing administration reported Thursday.
• He listed these AMA purchases
in Montana between March 15 and
November 23: Fresh apples 76,181
bushles; dry be
SUPREME COURT REVERSES
PENDERGAST DECISION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.— The supreme court reversed Monday the
conviction of Thomas J. Pender-
gast, former democratic political
boss at Kansas City, Mo., and two
others on a charge of criminal contempt of court in connection with
Missouri's' $10,000,000 insurance
settlement.
Justice Douglas delivered the 6-
to-1 opinion, which also applied to
Robert Emmet O'Malley, former
Missouri" superintendent of insurance, and A. L. McCormack, St.
Louis insurance agent.
They were accused of "fraudulently foisting upon" a three-judge
federal court at Kansas City "a corrupt settlement of insurance rate
litigation, procured through bribery of the Missouri superintendent
of insurance."
Validity of the conviction was
challenged on the ground that the
alleged activities did not take place
"in the presence of the court or so
near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice." This was
necessary, it was contended, before
the judge could punish summarily
for contempt.
The reversal of the contempt
conviction by the supreme court
cleared the slate for Pendregast
and O'Malley after a chain of prosecution began by the federal government with the indictment of
the two men on April 7, 1939, for
income tax evasion.
Both pleaded guilty to that
charge and served prison sentences.
OHIO RIVER FLOODS
THRE STATE AREA
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Jan. 4.—
The Ohio river crept to a flood
crest i_ust shy of 61 feet in the
Ohio-lhdiana-Kentucky area Monday while war-busy communities
upstream strove for a quick return
to normalcy.
The weather bureau estimated
the river would begin its recession
from 60.8 feet here by morning and
by Thursday should be below the
52-foot flood stage.
The river was falling all the way
from its Pennsylvania headwaters
to below Portsmouth, Ohio, and
was rising slowly from below Cincinnati to dam 39 at Carrollton,
Ky., 55miles southeast.
WYOMING LIVESTOCK
FEED IS SHORT
AFTON, WYO., Jan 1.—Lincoln
County Agent Francis Winters
thinks the livestock feed situation
in Star valley, Wyoming's leading
dairy-farming region, may become
a serious problem before spring.
He said it has been necessary to
feed all stock, and that no hay has
been available for winter purchase.
To meet the situation, Winters said
six carloads of commodity credit
wheat have been ordered and will
be ground and mixed with barley
or other grains to supply feed for
hogs and some dairy cows.
BIG CROWD WITNESSES
ROSE BOWL GAME
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—The biggest crowd drove the most automobiles in Rose Bowl history to'see
the Georgia-UCLA game—despite
gasoline and tire rationing.
Paid attendance was 93,147, compared with the previous high of
91300 for the Nebraska-Stanford
game two years ago. And Bill Ack-
arman, UCLA .graduate manager,
estimated 10,000 persons were turned away.- r.
LEGISLATURE BEGINS 28TH SESSION
MONDAY; O'CONNOR MADE SPEAKER
HELENA, Jan. 3. —Republican
members of the 1943 session of the
Montana legislature, which opens
Monday, nominated Senator W. E.
Keeley of Powell county Sunday
night for president pro tern of the
senate, and Representative George
W. O'Connor, Carbon county Republican, for speaker of the house.
The nominations were tantamount to election, since the G. O.
P., for the first time in two decades.
holds .working majorities in both
branches.
O'Connor, 32-yearl-old Fromberg
rancher and merchant, and a veteran of four legislative term, won
the republican designation for
speaker" over Representative R. C.
Dillavou, republican, Yellowstone,
and Representative Fred H. Pad-
budy. republican, Lewis and Clark.
O'Connor, reputedly the outstanding authority on parliamentary law in the house, received 35
votes to 12 for Dillavou and 4 for
Padbury.
Representative Neil C. Parker, re-
TOM~CONNALLY OPPOSED
TO INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.—Chairman Tom Connally. Democrat,
Texas, of the senate foreign relations committee, will oppose any
special congressional investigation
of lend-lease operations, but believes they should be subjected to
careful scrutiny when renewal of
lend-lease authority is sought.
The lend-lease act, which was
passed in the spring- of 1941 after
bitter congressional debate, expires
on June 30. 1943. although contract
commitments already entered into
may be carried out until June 30,
1946, even if the act is not renewed-
' Senator Hugh A Butler, republican, Nebraska, with the backing
of Senators Burton K. Wheeler,
democrat, Montana, and Robert A.
Taft, republican,- Ohio, is planning to introduce-,* resolution calling for a special congressional in
auiry uito lend-lease activities on
the grounds that funds are being-
spent for purposes not intimately
connected with winning the war.
FARM MORTGAGES DRAW
SMALL INTEREST RATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—The average interest rate of first mortgages on owner-occupied one-family nonfarm properties in Wyoming
was 1.86 per cent in 1940. according
to an analysis issued by the bureau
of census.
Of the 20,819 reporting owner-
occupied nonfarm dwelling units,
8,306. or 39.9 per cent, were mortgaged.
A total mortgage indebtedness of
$11,867,300 was re'portd on the first
and junior mortgages on one-family nonfarm properties. The average
indebtedness per property was
$1,732. A debt of less than $1,000
was reported for 34.8 percent of
the properties, while onrjp8.9 per
cent reported an indebtedness of
$4,000 or more.
MOTORISTS WARNED TO
DISPLAY LICENSE TABS
BUTTE. Jan. 1.—Captain Hugh
Potter of the Montana highway patrol has warned motorists that the
new 1943 "strip license" tabs must
be securely fastened to 1942 plates
which are to be left on autns.
Potter said the tabs n.'j.st be
welded, bolted or riveted to the
larger plates, and not fastened
temporarily.
The assistant patrol supervisor
also reoorted the patrol would begin immediately to arrest drivers
whose cars carry but one license
Dlate. Lost plates, he said, must be
replaced.
publican, Flathead, was nominated
for speaker pro em by the republicans, and Representative Dillavou
chosen for majority floor leader.
Both Dillavou and Parker have
served in several sssions.
Lewis R. Knox of Helena was the
of the house, with J. L. Murphy
republican choice for chief clerk
of Missoula designated first assistant clerk. E. J. Mo of Helena was
selected the party's nominee for
sergeant at arms, and E. N. Joffray
of Jefferson county—a Democrat—
desgnated as Mo's assistant, Joffray
was sergeant at arms in the 1941
sessin. Percy Abbey of Great Falls
was the republican selection as bill
clerk.
Democratic members of the
house nominated James N. Dougherty, Powell, for speaker. The democrats, in the minority this session,
nominated Carl Lehrkind, Jr.. Gallatin county, for speaker pro tern
Paul Cannon of Silver Bow county was named minority floor leader
in what reportd as closely-contested balloting.
E. N. Joffray df Jefferson county
who was the house's sergeant at
arms during the session two years
ago, when the democrats hed the
house majority, was nominated
again for the post.
The Rev. C. E. Smith, Missoula,
was nominated for chaplain.
Mrs. Margaret Peterson, representative from Missoula and cau-
ocrats decided to caucus from time
cus secretary, said the house dem-
to time during the session "in the
interest s of party harmon and ef-
ficincy."
With the republicans holding a
majority of 16 votes in the senate
Keelev's return to the post was considered virtually assured when the
formal voting takes place Monday
after the 1943 assembly convenes.
The senate democratic caucus resulted in the selection of Senator
Leonard Plank of Liberty county as
the party candidate for the senate
presidency. He was chosen unanimously for minority floor leader, a
posiion he held in the 1941 session.
The democrats made no nominations for the committee on committees or that on employment,
leaving the selection open to the
majoritv party.
Senator George R. CooDer of Mi-
eral county, who would have been
dean of he senate hade he not been
absent four years, presided over the
republican caucus, nominated by
Senator Camobell, to whom the
position would normally fall.
Snator Thomas E. Gilbrt of
Bavrhead was secretary of the republican caucus and Senator H. H.
Haight of Fergus secretary of the
democratic meeting.
TOOMEY NAMED TO
SUCCEED MORRISON
HELENA. Dec. 31—E. G. Toomey.
Helena attorney, Thursday was
named state senator from Lewis
and Clark couny to succedd Lieutenant* R. E. (Red) Morrislon. who
was killed in airplane crash In Florida the day before Christmas.
The • appointment was made by
the board of county commissioners.
County commissioners said they
selected Toomev in respect to Morrison's wishes. They said Morrison,
in a letter written before his death.
recommended that Toomey be
named acting senator.
At the time Morrison wrote the
letter the army had announced
that state legislators serving in the
army would not be granted furloughs'for the legislative sessions.
Toomey, a Republican, served in
the state house of representatives
during three sessions— the twenty-
fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-
seventh. He was a candidate for
congress in the primary election
last summer.
War Department Buys Hotels-Schools
For Office Buildings and Hospitals
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4.—The war
department has purchased six hotels, a school and a private hospital
for use as permanent military hospitals, it was officially disclosed
Monday night, and has leased six
other hotels, two schools and three
private hospitals as temporary hospitals.
It has condemnation proceedings
pending for the purchase of two
other hotels for permanent hospitals. It has purchased two more
hotels and two schools for other
purposes. And it has leased 475
hotels in all for various temporary
uses.
Trie scope of the department's
operations in this field was outlined in a recent report by Undersec-
tary Robert P. Patterson to Senator
Byrd. democrat, Virginia, which
the senator made public in connection with his protest at the army's
puurchase of the 3,300-room Stevens hotel in Chicago, largest in the
country, for $5,500,000.
Patterson contended it was
cheaper to purchase the hotel than
to rent it when various factors
were considered, but Byrd disputed
this and further declared government ownership was undesirable.
The Stevens and the 47-room
Shark River hotel at Neptune N.
J.; costing $30,510, were purchased
for troop housing.
The hotels purchased for conversion to permanent hospitals for
possible transfer later to the veterans' administration, with the purchase Drices, were:
The 'Greenbrier. White Sulphur
Springs. W. Va.. $3,300,000: Miami
Biltmore, Coral Gables, Fla., $895,-
000; Nautilus, Miami Beach, Fla..
$600,000: Don-ce-Sar, St. Petersburg. Fla., $440,000: El Mirador.
Pa'lm Springs, Cal., $425,000, and
Eastman, Hot Springs, Ark., $510,-
000.
The two hotels figuring in con-
! demnat.ion* proceedings for the
Isame use w'ere listed by Patterson
las the 600-room "Chicago Beach
! hotel. Illinois." appraised at $900.-
000, and the Forest Hills. Augusta.
Ga„ appraised at $400,000.
The 525-room Battle Creek sanatorium. Battle Creek,-Mich., purchased for $2,250,000 and the 500.-
room National Park seminary ac
Forest Glen, Md., also to be a permanent hospital, was acquired for
$855,000.
Other schools bought outright
were the Arlington Hall college. Arlington. Va., at $650,000 for use in
connection with the department
headquarters at Washington, and
Harrisburg academy. Harrisburg.
Pa., at $300,000 for an air force
training school.